2015 chevy Silverado lifter failure

Southfl · April 24, 2022

Recently had my 2015 chevy Silverado towed to the dealer due to a presumed lifter failure. Engine had a loud knocking sound and running rough. Just hit 100k miles with regular maintenance. Dealership stated it is most likely lifter, but has to dig deeper to isolate the noise and figure out exactly the issue. The service adviser was giving me worst case scenario and saying have an engine swap. After reading other posts, some suggest lifter replacement with DOD delete cam.

Anyone have any insight as to possible cost? Also, any suggestions on good shops that would perform the fix in the broward county area? I am Located in Coral Springs. I’m assuming the dealership would cost an arm and a leg to repair.

I will update the post with the dealers diagnosis and cost to repair.

Thanks for any info

CamGTP · April 24, 2022

Last year an independent shop replaced 2 lifters on cylinder 7 on my parents truck as I wasn't able to make time to repair it myself. Even with me knowing all the guys that work for that shop it was about $2,000 for that repair. The parts were cheap even from the dealership. Probably $300 for the headgasket kit with bolts, other gaskets and the 2 lifters. The big cost is all labor. Intake off, fuel rails off, exhaust disconnected and manifold removal, cylinder head removal plus an oil change and new coolant.

I imagine a dealership would have charged much more with their labor rates being higher than most independent shops.

To do a full AFM delete you are looking at around $1,000-1,200 parts alone. Then more labor because you are going much further into the engine. Hard to say what a performance shop would charge for that because they'd also have to tune it immediately so it could run, but I say $3,000 in labor maybe.

TobyTyler · July 7, 2022

I have 2015 Silverado with 47,500. The engine started ticking and there was a loss of power in June of 2022. I took it to the dealer and they said it was a lifter. Cost to repair would be $3500. I complained and told them to check with GM as this is a known issue. GM agreed to pay all but $1400 of the bill. All of the lifters and a broken push rod on the left side were replaced.

rodneys46825 · July 29

My truck has 44k I'm doing a cam Swap with a chapacabra, cam and comp. Lifters not original g m because their s*** sucks, but all in all with me working at a shop But having somebody else do the work because I don't have the time nor the space at my house. It's going to cost me around $5000. I would not recommend putting GM's original equipment back in the vehicle. Because you're going to run into the same problem again.